Strictly, Planet Earth II and I'm A Celebrity top 10m viewers

More than 10 million viewers tuned in to each of the three most popular programmes on Sunday evening, overnight figures have confirmed.
Strictly Come Dancing: The Results was watched by an average of 10.8 million viewers, the night's most watched show.
Planet Earth II, presented by David Attenborough and broadcast immediately after Strictly, attracted 10.6 million.
The launch of the new series of ITV's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! was watched by 10.3 million.
A further 400,000 watched the Jungle-based reality show on catch-up services including ITV+1.
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